Game #5049
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 1 December 2009


Won
Quarter Final
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
League Cup
Portsmouth
Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,034
🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton
Portsmouth
2-4

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | James Milner | 12' | Ashley Young | 27' | 74' | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 89' |
🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton


MATCH TIMELINE
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (Portsmouth), Stilyan Petrov o.g.
⚽ | 12’ Goal, 1-1, Emile Heskey, Assist by James Milner
⚽ | 27’ Goal, 2-1, James Milner, Assist by Ashley Young
🕒 | HT Portsmouth 1-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | 59’ Booking, James Milner
⚽ | 74’ Goal, 3-1, Stewart Downing, Assist by Ashley Young
🥅 | 87’ Goal, 3-2, (Portsmouth), Nwankwo Kanu
🟨 | 87’ Booking, Gabriel Agbonlahor
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 4-2, Ashley Young, Assist by Gabriel Agbonlahor
🔁 | 90’ Sub off, Emile Heskey, Sub on, Nathan Delfouneso
🕒 | FT Portsmouth 2-4 Aston Villa
Match Statistics
Possession F | 50%
Possession A | 50%
Shots F | 11
Shots A | 5
Shots on Target F | 6
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 2
Corners A | 6
Fouls F | 13
Fouls A | 11
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Despite conceding an early own goal Villa march on to the semi finals of the League Cup with a comprehensive victory over Portsmouth at Fratton Park.
Ashley Young records his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 118th appearance (115 Starts) to make it W50 D37 L31, 25 Goals, 35 Assists, 19 Bookings and 1 Red Card.
Stewart Downing scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 1st start (2 Appearances) to make it W1 D1 L0 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.
🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Portsmouth


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 2007-08
🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2009-10 |
Matchday | #19 |
Manager Game | #157 |
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
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🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴 | Bolton, 2006-2021
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Score: 🟩 4-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 157 | 🟩 | 63 🟨 | 51 🟥 43 | 1.53
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Lee Mason | 🏴 | Bolton, 2006-2021
Matches Officiated: 12
🟩 : 5
🟨 : 5
🟥 : 2
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟨 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 4 Feb 09, Villa 3-1 Doncaster (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: John Flynn, Michael Murphy
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 James Milner
🟨 Gabriel Agbonlahor
CARDS

🟨 Younès Kaboul
🟨 Anthony Vanden Borre
🟨 Michael Brown
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
To the relief of many, Martin O'Neill resists the temptation to make wholesale changes for the League Cup as he arguably actually strengthens the outfield with Emile Heskey, Brad Guzan (first start in 6), Stephen Warnock and Stewart Downing (first start), replacing John Carew, Nigel Reo-Coker, Habib Bèye and Brad Friedel.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.39 |
Oldest Player |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 31.91 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 23.15 |
🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔥 | ⚽ |
W James Milner | 🏴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
W Stewart Downing | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔥 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Avram Grant | 🇮🇱 |

Portsmouth
GK Asmir Begović | 🇧🇦 |
LB Nadir Belhadj | 🇩🇿 |
CB Hermann Hreiðarsson | 🇮🇸 |
CB Younès Kaboul | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
CB Tel Ben Haim (yth) | 🇮🇱 |
RB Anthony Vanden Borre | 🇧🇪 | 🟨 |
M Michael Brown | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Richard Hughes | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Hassan Yebda | 🇩🇿 |
W John Utaka | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
CF Danny Webber | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | for CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 90’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Richard Hughes | 🏴 | (CB Marc Wilson | 🇮🇪 |)
🔁 | W John Utaka | 🇳🇬 | (CF Frédéric Piquionne | 🇲🇶 |)
🔁 | CF Danny Webber | 🏴 | (CF Nwankwo Kanu | 🇳🇬 | (⚽ |)

🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Jamie Ashdown | 🏴 |
M Hayden Mullins | 🏴 |
M Angelos Basinas | 🇬🇷 |
CF Aruna Dindane | 🇨🇮 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 | | 16 | 11* | 3 | 0 | 6* | 4 | 6 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | | 10* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 4/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/18
🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton
UNAVAILABLE

Injury | 1 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 1 Dec 2009, Villa 4-2 Portsmouth, Fratton


MATCH REPORTS






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